# whatis(1)

## NAME

         whatis, apropos - give single line descriptions for manual pages

## SYNOPSIS

         whatis [-a] title
         apropos keyword

## DESCRIPTION

         Whatis lists  the  one  line  description  from  the  whatis(5)  database
         describing  the  title  given.   It displays all the lines with the title
         from the first whatis file that has  those  titles.   It  uses  the  same
         search path as man(1).

         Apropos searches through all whatis files for  the  given  keywords.   It
         lists any line that has the keyword anywhere on the line.

## OPTIONS

         -a   Search all whatis files.

## SEE ALSO

         man(1), grep(1), whatis(5).

## AUTHOR

         Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)